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This is it! The last article for the 2011. What a wonderful year! Thank you to all the BMM staff & the Community. I told you, Bass Musician Magazine is taking over the world. Latin music has been influencing music since a long time ago. You can hear latin grooves in jazz, rock, pop, etc. [...]
Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month I want to show you some excerpts of what I’m playing with Kimary Carrero “The New Voice of Salsa.” Her debut album called “Desahogo” is making a difference in the salsa music scene. The music is modern, passionate, youthful and full of energy. I’m having a [...]
Meet Michael Lazarus One of the great things about playing timba is that you get the chance to play in a band with multiple drummers. A typical configuration for the rhythm section is bass and piano, congas, timbales and drumset. As a bassist this liberates you because all the subdivisions within the beat are already [...]
Meet Michael Lazarus *as translated from a Spanish language dialog Among the nominees for the Best Tropical Latin Album category for the upcoming 52nd Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010 are Así Soy by Issac Delgado and Ciclos by Luis Enrique. Both of these internationally acclaimed vocalists and band leaders have a key person in [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Fito Garcia “Mi Bajo Rumbero” www.myspace.com/fitogarciabass This is fairly astounding to me. Fito Garcia made an album of Afro-Cuban music with nothing but multiple bass tracks, percussion and four singers… and it’s REALLY good!! I won’t say that I don’t miss the piano and [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Arturo O’Farrill “Risa Negra” www.arturoofarrill.com Many of know that I have a real affinity for Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban music in particular. New York residing and Mexican born pianist/composer Arturo O’Farrill has given me much to study and enjoy here! Introducing us to what [...]
by Michael Lazarus In Part 1 of this series I outlined the mayor trends in the bass movement for the title track of Paulito F.G.’s classic timba album Con La Conciencia Tranquila. Now we’ll see how these trends permeate throughout the record and also discuss some variations. Mi Tentación – BASS – Audio track 7 [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Tiempo Libre “Bach in Havana” www.tiempolibremusic.com Our good friend Raul Amador brought this amazing CD to me recently. For that, I’m so grateful because.. it is KILLING! C’mon, Tiempo Libre is a band you should check out anyway, but bringing Afro-Cuban sensibilities, rhythms and [...]
by Michael Lazarus As I mentioned in the introductory article of this series, my objective is to present to you, the BMM community, several approaches used in contemporary Cuban dance music (timba) for creating clave-based bass movement. Our first targets of analysis are the mayor trends in the bass work of Joel Domínguez on Paulito [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Edmar Castaneda “Entre Cuerdas” www.edmarcastaneda.com You owe it to yourself to check this out! Period… I first heard Edmar while channel surfing.. I came across a Jazz Festival being aired live on a Public Broadcasting channel (OPB). It was Paquito D’Rivera with a fairly [...]
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